[reck.on] vb reck.oned ; reck.on.ing [ME rekenen, fr. OE -recenian (as in gerecenian to narrate); akin to OE reccan] vt (13c) 1 a: count "~ the days till Christmas" b: estimate, compute "~ the height of a building" c: to determine by reference to a fixed basis "the existence of the U.S. is ~ed from the Declaration of Independence"
2: to regard or think of as: consider 3 chiefly dial: think, suppose "I ~ I've outlived my time --Ellen Glasgow" ~ vi 1: to settle accounts
2: to make a calculation 3 a: judge b chiefly dial: suppose, think
4: to accept something as certain: place reliance "I ~ on your promise to help" -- reckon with : to take into consideration -- reckon without : to fail to consider: ignore